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Lost 3 young children (Amanda, Emily and infant son) in a house fire.
Monongalia Mirror.
Morgantown, (Va.) Saturday, October 18, 1851.
Page 3, Column 2
Distressing Calamity.
The house of Mr. John Goff, in Wirt county, (Va.) was consumed by fire on Monday night last. Three of his children perished in the flames. Mr. G. and his wife were out visiting at the time of the occurrence
[This is not in the newspaper account but the children's' charred bodies were found in the corner where a bed had stood]
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Lost 3 young children (Amanda, Emily and infant son) in a house fire.
Monongalia Mirror.
Morgantown, (Va.) Saturday, October 18, 1851.
Page 3, Column 2
Distressing Calamity.
The house of Mr. John Goff, in Wirt county, (Va.) was consumed by fire on Monday night last. Three of his children perished in the flames. Mr. G. and his wife were out visiting at the time of the occurrence
[This is not in the newspaper account but the children's' charred bodies were found in the corner where a bed had stood]
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